Maya Angelou Quotes

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.

Maya Angelou

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• Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Mother
  • Cooking
  • Reminds